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Fenway Sports Group (FSG) has blamed the “general economic context of French football” for ending its discussions to buy Ligue 2 club Girondins de Bordeaux.

Viewership numbers soared during the Euro 2024 final in both Spain and the UK last night with RTVE netting its highest football audience since the Euro 2012 final.

Astana Qazaqstan states the draft agreement provides for long-term investment for a period of at least five years and financing at the level of leading WorldTour teams.

Nike is one of the club’s three top-tier sponsors, but president Joan Laporta in March ramped up the pressure on its kit supplier to either quit or pay more.

TV Klan, the private television channel in Albania, has acquired exclusive rights to the Fifa World Cup in 2026.

Clubs from France’s Ligue 1 finally have oversight of domestic broadcast rights revenues after they voted to approve five-year deals with DAZN and beIN Sports but remain in talks over escape clauses.

Uber has split its approach to its latest European football sponsorship deals, turning to its Uber Eats food delivery brand to sponsor Spain’s LaLiga but marketing its main ride-hailing app business in a shirt deal with Serie A side Como 1907.

The Sprint World Orienteering Championships probably doesn't feature on your sporting calendar this weekend. But if it wasn't for last-minute deals for 3,000 free sausage rolls and a supply of kilts to help balance the budget, it might not have appeared on anyone else's.

Chelsea FC has transferred control of its women’s team to Blueco, the holding company used by Todd Boehly’s Clearlake consortium to buy the Premier League club in May 2022, in a move that could help it …

A UK television audience record could be set on Sunday when England take on Spain in the final of Euro 2024, after another round of stellar ratings in the country last night (Wednesday)

Qatar Airways has expanded its relationship with Inter Milan by becoming the Serie A club’s new training kit sponsor, replacing online gaming operator LeoVegas in the role.

Pensions insurance specialist Rothesay will take over cricket’s County Championship title sponsorship rights from 2025, SportBusiness can reveal.

France's narrow defeat in the semi-finals of Uefa Euro 2024 drew the strongest television audience of the year to date in the country

Fenway Sports Group (FSG), the US owner of the Premier League's Liverpool FC, is in talks to acquire financially troubled French club Girondins de Bordeaux as it looks to build up its portfolio

Formula E, the electric single-seater racing series, has revealed a loss of €42.4m for the financial year ending September 30, 2023, closing the gap on the previous year's €65m shortfall.

Events covered by French listed rights legislation have been updated for the first time since 2004 with mandatory free-to-air access introduced for the Paralympics, women's sports and semi-finals of certain events with French participation.